Application of the Finite Strip Method To Modeling of Vibrations of Collecting Electrodes

The paper presents an application of the finite strip method to modeling of vibrations of the collecting electrodes, which are shells with large length (up to 16 m), width of 0.5 m and thickness of 0.002 m. The models and computer programs have been worked out and validated. Comparison of results obtained from numerical simulations and experimental measurements are presented and discussed. The equations of motion have been solved using methods for solution of sparse algebraic equations and Newmark method. The strip method has proved to be numerically effective. The programs enable us to carry out calculations for a system with several hundred thousands of degrees of freedom with time of analysis requiring thousand integration steps during less than 90 min on a PC computer. High numerical efficiency enables the geometrical parameters of the collecting electrodes to be selected in order to ensure large accelerations caused by a beater to be spread evenly over the surface of the electrodes. Conclusions concerning the influence of length of the collecting electrodes on the normal and tangentz accelerations are formulated.